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Concholepas concholepas Giant! and Nice

138 mm Caldera, northern Chile 25,00 €

Item

# 0004001598

Family

Muricidae

Name

Concholepas concholepas - Giant! and Nice , (Bruguière, 1789)

Size

138 mm

Locality

Caldera, northern Chile

Note

This is a giant and rather nice specimen of Concholepas concholepas in the best condition for such a size. This specimen is of the common variety with a whitish interior of the shell. Large specimens of Concholepas are now quite rare because this species is very heavily extracted, so obtaining one like this is very difficult. This specimen was collected by a diver in rather deep water (25 m depth), and it is in quite nice condition, with minor flaws in the cleaned dorsum (which can be cleaned to perfection), a good interior of the shell which has evidence of boring polychaetes but it is still nice, and nice lip borders with minor flaws, it also preserves it operculum (shown here), which is usually discarded. This is your opportunity to obtain a nice large aesthetic shell of a very popular species, the only extant Concholepas species and the largest gastropod found in northern Chile.

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CHILE

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